Projects

Differential attainment is what we call the gap between attainment levels of different groups of doctors. It's an indicator that training and medical education may not be fair. Find out more about the work we are doing about this.

Find out about our plans to establish a Medical Licensing Assessment to ensure doctors joining the medical register with a licence to practise meet a common threshold for safe practice.

We are considering a new process called credentialing to recognise doctors’ capabilities in particular practice areas. The main purpose of this new framework will be to protect patients and make sure that future healthcare developments are safe and effective.

In 2016 we began a review of flexibility in postgraduate medical training, working with stakeholders to find solutions to current barriers to flexibility.

We’ve launched our first survey of specialty and associate specialists (SAS) and locally employed doctors (LEDs), which will be open until Wednesday 12 June to complete. Through this survey, we aim to gather a rich and robust source of data, so we can widen our understanding of this critical part of the medical workforce.